BENSALEM, Pa. – The HFU softball team swept Georgian Court, 8-2 and 4-2, at Bensalem High School on Wednesday to clinch a fourth consecutive appearance in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament.
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As the eight seed, Holy Family will travel to top-seeded Wilmington for a 12 p.m. first pitch on Saturday. The Tigers will need to win that game to force a second, with the winner of the second game advancing to the following weekend's double-elimination four-team tournament hosted at Wilmington.
Individual Highlights
- Jaden Kelly (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) and Lily Hoban (Millsboro, Del./Indian River) had multiple hits in both games, with Kelly finishing 5-for-6 with two runs and an RBI and Hoban going 4-for-7 with a double, run and RBI
- Kelly also stole a base to move into a tie for fifth in the program's single-season history with nine on the year
- Both Holy Family starters earned complete game wins
- Game one starter Makenna Patterson (Sellersville, Pa./Pennridge) worked around 10 hits to surrender just two earned
- Kinsley Hall (Frankford, Del./Indian River (Mount Olive)) improved to 7-7, allowing just one earned on six hits
- Carlie Miller (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory) joined Kelly with a three-hit performance in the opener
- Kylee Jones (Hulmeville, Pa./Neshaminy (Rider)) and Alexis Letizia (Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic) both drove in three in game one, with Jones belting a three-run homer
- Letizia added two more RBI in game two as she is now tied for seventh in the program's single-season history with 36 on the year
How it Happened
First Game
- Holy Family had two four-run frames, taking the lead for good in the third
- A one-out error got it all started, before back-to-back base knocks by Kelly (single) and Letizia (two-RBI double) put the Tigers on top for good
- Following the second out, Lindsey Gorka (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) (double) and Miller (single) capped the inning with back-to-back RBIs
- HFU plated four more in the fifth, with a Hoban leadoff single and error proceeding Jones' home run
- Three straight singles by Molly Moore (Conshohocken, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh), Rylee Hobel (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) and Kelly and a Letizia walk then completed the scoring
Second Game
- Trialing 0-2 entering the bottom of the sixth following an unearned run in the top-half, HFU broke out for four runs
- Jones led off with a walk and after a Lauren Hagy (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) single, Moore sacrificed the two into scoring position
- Hobel then drew a walk to load the bases, and Kelly got the Tigers on the board with a single
- Letizia followed with the game-winner, a two-RBI double, before Hoban capped the frame with a sacrifice fly
- Georgian Court threatened with two base-runners in the seventh, but Hall got out of the jam with no damage to secure the victory
